Oh yes, we also had big clothing factories up north that employed thousands.
It was really a very bad decision to close them down for cheaper imports and now we can see the results with our mountains of un-employed people.
But you are right and maybe we will get it right in the future.
!LUV
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@joanstewart, you've been given LUV from @papilloncharity.
Check the LUV in your H-E wallet. (2/10)
Well gravy train has run dry, cannot keep bailing people out who do not wish to try some form of work.
As a country we will reap what we sowed, thirty years on the tide is taking a long, long time to turn, still long Indaba under trees where nothing is resolved let alone doing!
Yes and the strange thing is that we all saw this coming Lady Joan, but our hands were tied to do something about it. A sad and sorry tale.